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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT L. K ldBERLY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

JUSTlFYlNG-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 342,364, dated May 25,1886.

Application filed January 1Q, 1884. Serial No. 117.300. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT L. KIMBERLY, a citizen of the United States,residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Penn-Sylvania, have invented a new and useful lmprovement inJustifyingMachines, which improvement is fully set forth in thefollowing specification and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l isa front view of ajustifying-machine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is atop view thereof. Fig. 3 is an end view enlarged. Fig. A is a section ofaportion in line x x, Fig. 7. Fig. 5 is a vertical section of a detachedportion inline y y, Fig. 3. Fig. 6 is a side elevation of a detachedportion. Fig. 7 is a longitudinal section in line ai x', Fig. 2,enlarged. Fig. S is a section in line f: e', Fig. 7

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the severalfigures.

My invention has for its object the laying off or charting of copy, inthe subsequent composition of which a font of type or dies of knownlateral dimensions are to be used, whereby the lines, when composedeither in type or with dies in a matrix-machine, will be of a uniformand predetermined length, or,as it is called in the trade, justifiedReferring to the drawings, A represents a table for supporting theworking parts of the machine. B represents a horizontally-arrangedrot-ary shaft, which vis mounted on brackets B, which are secured to thetable A, said shaft having a key seat or groove, a., which, near oneend, is ofV spiral form, as at a. Mounted on the shaft B is a series ofcol lars, C, each of which is provided with a feather or spline, D,which enters the keyseat' a, whereby the collars are adapted to rotatewith said shaft B and slide thereon. Encircling the collar O is aiianged disk, E, the iiange whereof has formed on it serrations of stepform, as at b, the several flanges projecting in the same directionparallel with the shaft B. Attached to the back of the hanged disk is aratchet-wheel, F, the hub portion whereofis encircled by an annulus, G,one portion whereof is formed with an arm, G', forming bearings for ananchor or doublepointed dog, H, the points whereof are adapted to movethe ratchetwheel F by said points being brought into action by theoperation of the handle of the anchor, said handle being convenientlyaccessible at the side of the machine,and provided with a keyhead plate,H', which is lettered or numbered. (See Fig. 2.) The anchor is retainedin position by means of a cap or plate, c, which eucircles the shaft B,and is bolted to the hub portion of the ratchet F, and the annulus isprevented from turning by having the arms Gin Contact with the bars orother stops at the side of the machine.

Above the shaft B, and extending parallel therewith, are two rods J, onwhich is mounted a series of saddles, K, in the middle of each of whichis a pin, L, one end of which bears against the back of one disk E, andthe other end against one of the teeth of the serrated edge of theadjacent disk, the several saddles being coupled by slotted links, M,which prevent the flanged disks from being separated beyond a limitedextent.

Referring to Fig. S, N represents a finger' projecting from the flangeddisk inwardly toward the shaft B, so as to be struck or engaged by atoe, P, projecting outwardly from the collar O when the shaft B isrotated. On the shaft B, in the present case at the right hand thereof,is a sliding frame, Q, which carries a longitudinally-extendingrack-bar, B, meshing with which is a toothed Segment, S, of an index armor pointer, T, whereby by the operation of said segment due to theinotion of the rack-bar the index-arm is caused to sweep over agraduated disk or dial, U, which is properly supported on the table orframe of the machine. To the frame, at the end next to the flangeddisks, is attached a pin, L', similar to the pins L, vso disposed as tostrike the first disk of the series when said frame is moved toward thesame. This motion of the frame is accomplished by cords V, which passover pulleys d, mounted on the frame or table A, and are provided withweights V, the power whereof at certain times is exerted on the frame Q.On the shaft B, adjacent to the spiral portion of the key-seat a, is acollar, XV, which is provided with an inwardly-projecting pin, W, whichenters said key-seat. Att-ached to the collar is a lever, X, which isfulcrumed at one end on the fraaie or table A, and provided at the IOOother end with a suitable handle, it being seen that when the lever isoperated sliding motions are imparted to the collar W", and as the pin Wenters the spiral portion of the ,key-seat ofthe shaft B rotary motionsare imparted to said shaft, thus causing the toes of the collars C tostrike the fingers N of the hanged disks, whereby the latter arerotated, this being occasioned when said Vdisks are to be restored totheir normal positions. On the upper side of the collar W is mounted adog, X, the nose of which points toward the frame Q and passes through aslot in said frame, and is adapted to engage with the wall thereof'.(See Fig. 5.) Rising from the side of collar W is a post, Y, which isadapted to engage with a pin, e, projecting from the side of a dog, Y,which is mounted on a stationary axis on the ends of the rods J. (Seethe right-hand side of Fig. l.) The nose of the dog Y projects towardthe frame Q, and is adapted to engage with the adjacent end'or wallthereof. dial U is a segment,vZ, which is adjustable on said rini andprovided with hner gradations than' those of the dial, and its purposeis to make possible a greater degree of accuracy than would otherwise beattainable in reading the travel of the index-arm T over the dial U.

The operation is as follows: When the hanged disks are in their normalpositions, the serrations which are on the highest part of the hangesare in line with the pins L, and the pin L of the frame Q is pressedagainst the hrst of the series ofhanged disks by the action of theweights V. The operator strikes the proper key heads or platesvrelatively to the words, &c., it is desired to lay oh'. This operatesthe anchors in such manner as to cause the rotation of the hanged disksthrough the medium of the ratchets the distance of one tooth of saidratchets and consequently one step of the hanged disk. As the disks arerotated all in one direction, the steps on the decreasing parts ofthehanges are brought around successsively in line with the pins L, wherebythe disks are permitted to close one on the other. As the frameQ moves,the rackbar B is carried with it and motion imparted to the segment S,whereby the index-arm travels over the dial U. The proper key-heads arestruck or operated until enough words have been measured to form a line,and as the hanged disks are rotated to an increased extent it is evidentthat the pins L come in contact with the lower serrations of the hangeddisks, whereby the latter continue to close on each other, and; owing tothe further motion of the frame Q, the index-arm T travels over On theperiphery or rim ofthe.

and restored to their hrst position.

the shaft B. As the dog X is engaged with the frame Q, the latter iscarried back with the collar W until the latter arrives at thecommencement of the spiral part a of the key-seat, when the heel end ofthe dog X strikes the axial rod Z of the dog Y and is depressed, thusclearing the nose of said dog X from the frame Q. Simultaneouslytherewith the nose of the dog Y drops into the frame Q, which hasadvanced toward it, and holds it against the pull of the weights Y, andthe collar Wis freeto continue its travel over the spiral part a" towardthe end of the shaft B. Furthermore, when the frame Q begins its .motionit draws with it the hrst link M of the series, so that the severalhanged disks are successively moved and separated one from the other thefu-ll extent allowed by the links M, and then when the collar Wjreaches.the spiral part a ofthe key-seat, and the pin W traverses said part, theshaft B is rotated, and, owing to the toes P of the collars C andfingers N on the hanged disks E, the latter are rotated The lever X isnow partially. operated in the re# verse direction, whereby the shaft Bis again rotated likewise in reverse direction, and the toes of thecollar C are carried from in front of the fingers toward the rearthereof, so that said toes present no obstacle to the rotation of thehanged disks when again operated by the key-heads. `As the collar WVmoves toward the frame Q, the dog X is brought into engaging contactwith said frame, thus locking the collar and frame, the dog actingautomatically in such locking action, owingv to a suitably-arrangedspring bearing against it or its front end being properly weighted. Whenthe post Y reaches the pin e of the dog Y, it raises the dog clear ofconnection with the frame Q,.so that the frame Q is no longer controlledby said dog Y, and may be moved by the weights V when the hanged disksare again rotated and close o each other.

Taking a standard font oftype-say,brevier size-I hud that the lateralspace occupied by a small letter i is thirty-sixone-thousandths of aninch; the lateral space occupied by a small letter t forty-fourone-thousandths of an inch, small letter e, hfty-four one-thousandths;small letter n, sixty-four one-thousandths, and so on. All of theletters and characters of the font may be conveniently classed in sevensizes, and it is upon such a classification that the machine hereindescribed is constructed; but for facility of manufacture all the hangesof the feed-disks are of uniform depth, and to those classes of letterswhich are -most frequently used two disks are furnished.

The serrations on the hanges of the disks correspond in depth to thelateral dimensions of the classes of letters to which they are assigned.For instance, that disk the key-head of which is lettered small i hasserrations of precisely thirty-six one-thousandths of an inch in depth 5that disk the key-head of which IlO IZO

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is lettered small t7has serrationscxactly fortytour one-thousandths ofan inch in depth, and so on through all the classes. Now, referring tothe description herein of the construction and operation of the angeddisks and connected parts, it will be seen that if the disk which has akey-head lettered small i"1 be rotated so that, say, three of itsSerrat-ions come successively into line with the pin L on the inner endot' the sliding frame Q, said .frame will move to the left, closing upon the flanged disk by the pull of the weights V exactly one hundred andeight one-thousandths ot an inch, which is precisely the lateral spacewhich would be occupied in a line by three of the small letters i. Themovement as above ofthe trame Q will of course carry with it the toothedsegment S, which is engaged with the rack-bar t, and the index-arm Twill travel over a certain space of the graduated rim of the dia-l U.It' any other disk is rotated, alike result follows. It is apparent,then, that to ascertain the space which will be occupied in a printedline by any given word it is necessary to strike the key-heads otA thedisks appropriated to the letters in such words. Illustration: Take theword disc Small d belongs to the disk the key-head ot' which is lettered11. Small i belongs to the disk marked L and small s and c belong to thesame class and to the disk marked c on its key-head. To get the measureofthe word disc,' therefore, the operator strikes once the key-headmarked n, once that marked L and twice the key-head marked c, it beingunderstood that each stroke ot' a key-head rotates its disk only so faras to bring the next lower sei-ration on the flange in line with the pinL. the key head named, the frame Q, with its rack-bar It-,will havemoved to the lett sixtyfour one-thousandths of an inch for the small d,thirty-six one-thousandths of an inch for the small i, fifty-fourone-thonsandths ot' an inch for small s, and fifty-four one-thousandthsof an inch for small c, oratotal movement ot` two hundred and eightone-thousandths ot'an inch, which is the precise lateral space that willbe beoccupied bythe word disc in theprinted line. Having in this waymeasured onel word, the operator proceeds with others until he hasmeasured as many as can be contained in the printed line, with thespaces necessary to separate the words. The whole object of themeasurement is to determine what those spaces shall be in order to makethe line of the predetermined length. How this determination is arrivedat will now be explained. In this ease the movement ot' the index-armover one graduation on the rim ot' the dial U represents a movement ofthe frame Q, and rackbarR of nine one-thousandths ot'an inch. For theword disc, l taken above for illustration, theindex-arm T would moveover twentythree grad nations ofthe rim ofthe dial and oneninth of agraduation morethat is, the measure of the word was two hundred andeight When the operator has thus struck one-thousandths of aninch-20S-1-92n3-5. This and other like fractions maybe disregarded. Now,suppose it is desired to lay uit' a line one inch long---or7 to avoidfractions, say, ninehundred and ninety-nine one-thousaudths ot an inchlong. That length ot' line would mat e the index-arm T travel over onehundred and eleven graduaticns of the rim oit' the dial U. The right endot the movable scale Z is set, therefore, at the eleventh graduation tothe right of the number 300 on the dial. (See Fig. l.) then proceeds aswith the word dise above. Suppose the word disc to be the ii rst wordo1" his copy. He measures it, as above described, and the index-arm Tmarks off twenty-three graduations on the rim ot' the dial IT. Supposethe next word of the copy to be dies,77 to measure which requires thestriking ot' the same key-heads as in the word dise Then these arestruck, the index-arm T will mark twenty-three additional or in allforty-six graduations. Suppose the two words next in the copy to be sideand diee,7 each of the same value as disc Vhcn the properkey-headshavebeen struck for these words, the index-arm T will have moved overninety-two graduations ot' the rim ol" the dial'U, and will stand at thegraduation numbered 19 on the segment Z. The operator perceives that nomore words can be contained in that line, and that in order to spreadthe four words he has measured so that they will make the line full, thespace represented by the nineteen graduations remaining out of the totalmeasure of one hundred and eleven graduations must be divided betweenthe four words to separate them from each other-that is, there beingfour words in the line, there must be three spaces to separate them onefrom the other, and two of these spaces must be six grad nationseaclnand the remaining one seven graduations, making nineteen. In otherwords, as each graduation ot the rim of the dial U represents a lateralspace in the printed line ot' nine one-thousandths of an inch, the abovespaces will be, two ot' them, fifty-four one thousandths each, and ofone ot them sixtythree one-thousandths. To indicate this to thecompositor the operator marks the copy thus: disc dies side dies 19 3,the number 19 to show the total number ot' graduations, and the number 3to indicate the number ot' spaces into which they are to be divided.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is*

I. In a justitying-machine, the combination of a series of disksconnected substantially as described, each provided with a serrateddange, and each having rotary and longitudinal motion.

2. In a justitying-machine, the combination ot a series ofSeriate-flanged disks having rotary and longitudinal movement and aframe The operator` ICO IIO

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taking up the longitudinal movement of the 6. The combination of aseriesof disks,eac'h disks, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the serrate-flanged disks, a frame taking up thelongitudinal movement of said disks, and an indicator connected to saidframe, substantially as described.

4. The combination of the serrate-flangcd disks, the keys for turningthe disks, a frame taking up the longitudinal movement of Said disks,and an indicator, substantially as dcscribed.

5. The.combination ofl a series of serratelanged disks connectedsubstantially as described, the depth of the serrations corresponding tothespaccs occupied in a printed line by the several letters andcharacters of a font of type or dies.

provided with a serrated flange, and having 2o rotary and longitudinalmotion, a shaft supporting the same, and a lever engaging said shaft,for restoring said disks simultaneously to their normal position,substantially as described. 25

7. A seriesof serrate-anged'disks having rotary and longitudinalmovement and a series of longitndinally-movable rods or pins interposedbetweenthe disks, substantially as described.

JOHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, CLARENCE B. WENGER.

